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LEONARD'YOUNG, or SING s ne, ASSIGNOR TO PATRICK D. TIERNEY, or ALBANY,NEW YORK.

.MACHINE FOR MAKING BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 340,184, dated April20, 1886.

Application filed April 11, 1885. Serial No. 161,888. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, LEONARD YOUNG, of Sing Sing, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Making firushes, of which the following isa specificaion.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanism for separating thetufts of bristles from the stock in the holder wherein it is contained,and for feeding said tufts forward, so as to be in easy reach of theoperatives.

In the accompanying drawings, which being herein referred to form partof this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine; Fig.2, a plan view of the same; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are repectivelyenlarged plan view, inverted. plan view, and edge view of the slidingplate.

As shown in the drawings, A is the table or frame-work of the machine.The stock-holder B, for containing the supply of bristles, is secured tothe top of the table A, at one side of the opening, in which the slidingplate 0 reciprocates. Said stock-holder is composed of two side pieces,b, which are curved inwardly to form a contracted throat, I), throughwhich the bristles are removed, and a slide, 1), which is pressedforward by a spring, h to force the supply of bristles into the throatb, where they will be in contact with the notched edge of the slidingplate 0. The bristles are inserted in the stock-holder B, so that thelength of the bristles will stand vertically, and so that the edge ofthe sliding plate 0 will come at or near the middle of the length ofsaid bristles, and for this purpose an opening should be made throughthe top of the table directly under the space between the side pieces,I), and extending outward into the runway for the sliding plate 0. Thebristles rest on the plate or platform a of the table, whereon theirlower ends will be evenly butted and sustained on the same plane, sothat the sliding plate (3 will uniformly catch every tuft of bristlesatthe center of the tuft, and thereby producing a uniformity in thework. The plate a should be made adjustable up and down, so as to adaptthe machine to use bristles of different lengths.

The sliding plate G is fitted to reciprocate endwise in guides in thetop of the table A. Said sliding plate is composed of three plates orthicknesses, the upper and lower members of which are secured together,so as to remain immovable in their relative positions, and have anangular notch, 0, formed in one edge. The central member is dividedcrosswise into three parts, of which the forward plate, 0', reaches toor slightly past the notch c, and is provided with a hooked point, a asshown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Said forward plate, a, is made adjustable inposition by means of the set-screw 0, so as to increase and decrease theopening left in the notch c, as occasion may require,- to enlarge ordiminish the size of the tufts of bristles. The central plate, o of themiddle member of the sliding plate has an endwise sliding movement thatis independent of the other members, and the extent of said independentmovement is governed by the position of the forward plate, c, and thefixed after plate, 0 which latter is secured to and between the. upperand lower members of the sliding plate. The forward end of the centralplate, 0*,has a hooked point, e, which corresponds to the hooked point aof the forward plate, 0', so that when the central plate, 0*, is movedup into contact with the forward plate, 0, the hooked points 0 and cjoin together to form a gripe for holding a tuft of bristles 'securelywhile being fed forward. The central plate is provided with a pendentstaple, c, to which a cord or chain, d, is secured. One part of saidcord runs forward over a pulley, d, and is secured to the treadle D, andanother part of said cord runs rearward over the pulley .d and isattached to aspring, (1 by which the sliding plate 0 is drawn back toits rearmost position. WVhen the sliding plate 0 moves rearwardly, thenotch 0 will remove from the throat of the stock-holder B a tuft ofbristles. Then by applying pressure to the treadle D its first impulsewill cause the central plate, 0, alone to move forward into contact withthe forward plate, 0, thereby bringing the hooked points 0" and 0"closely together,

as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, andthereby the tuft ofbristles-will be securely held. The continued movement of the treadle Dcauses the sliding plate 0 to move forward,

thereby carrying the tuft of bristles into easy I c, in one edge, anadjustable end plate, a,

reach of the disengaged hand of the operative. As soon as the treadle Dis relieved from pressure, the spring cl will cause the sliding plate 0to move back into its rearmost position, and in passing the stock-holderB the notch a will obtain a new tuft of bristles, thereby providing fora repetition of the operation just described. A clamping device, E, (forholding the brush-blocks F,)is attached to the table A, and a reel, G,for wire, is conveniently located on said table. Instead of the cord andspringherein shown and described as the means for operating the slidingplate C, it is obvious that an arm,'operated by the treadle D, may beemployed for that purpose. I claim as my inventi0n- 1. In a brush-makingmachine, a sliding plate, 0, composed of a top and bottom plate securedtogether and provided with a notch,

having a hooked point, 0, and a central plate, 0, having a hooked point,a, fitted between the said top and bottom plates, the said centralplate, 0, having an endwise sliding movement that is independent of themovement of the slidingplate 0, but is produced by the mechanism whichoperates the latter, as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. In a brush-making machine, a stock holder, B, having curved sidepieces, b, to form the contracted throat b, and the springactuatedslide'b", in combination with the plate a of the table A, whereon thebristles are butted and sustained, as and for the purpose hereinspecified.

LEONARD YOUNG.

Witnesses. I

WM. H. LOW, S. B. BREWER.

